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This low-angle self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the site from which it reached down to drill into a rock target called "Buckskin" on lower Mount Sharp. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

Curiosity Finds a Couple of Life’s Building Blocks on Mars

June 8, 2018

NASA says their Mars roaming laboratory, Curiosity, has found fresh evidence near the surface of the Red Planet that suggests it could have once supported ancient life. The rover also found evidence, in the Martian Atmosphere, that could link into the space agency’s search for current life on the planet. According to NASA, the new […]

NASA's Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with the agency's Mars 2020 rover. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

NASA Plans to Fly Helicopter on Mars

May 17, 2018

There are two robotic rovers traversing and exploring the surface of Mars – NASA’s Opportunity and Curiosity rovers. These rovers, along with two others (Sojourner & Spirit) from past missions, use(d) specially made wheels to get around the Red Planet. Instead of just wheels NASA now wants to try a different way to travel around Mars. […]

Meet “Sawyer”, a coffee-making, robot barista during a demonstration at "Henn-na Cafe," Japanese for "Strange Cafe", in Tokyo on January 30, 2018. (Reuters)

Science Images – January 2018

February 1, 2018

Making a friend with a Tarantula. (GollyGForce via Flickr/Creative Commons)

Eek! Spiders and Snakes; Interstellar Visitor; Sugar Boosts Cancer Growth

October 27, 2017

Why We Don’t Like Spiders and Snakes Two of the most common fears among people from around the world are arachnophobia, which is a fear of spiders and ophiophobia, the fear of snakes. Whether they live in rural communities or in the heart of a big city, most people generally get, at least, a little […]

Engineer Volkmar Dohmen stands in front of a giant bank of xenon short-arc lamps at the DLR German national aeronautics and space research center in Germany. When switched on, what is being called the world’s largest artificial sun creates combined intensity that's 10,000x stronger than sun's light on Earth's surface and produces temperatures of around 2,982° Celsius. The photo was taken on 3/21/17 (AP)

March 2017 Science Images

March 31, 2017

 

Container of olive oil (Lemone via Wikimedia Commons)

Olive Oil Key to a Healthy Heart? – Black Holes – Liquid H2O on Mars?

February 13, 2017

Diet Rich in Olive Oil Can Help Keep Heart Healthy To keep heart healthy doctors recommend that you keep an eye on your cholesterol levels. But there are two main types of cholesterol – LDL or bad cholesterol and HDL, also known as good cholesterol. LDL cholesterol is bad because it builds up on artery […]

September 2016 Science Images

September 30, 2016

April 2016 Science Images

April 29, 2016

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the "Marias Pass" area where a lower and older geological unit of mudstone -- the pale zone in the center of the image -- lies in contact with an overlying geological unit of sandstone. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

Curiosity Hits Silica Jackpot; Sleep Aid & Strokes; Freshwater Supply Threatened

December 18, 2015

NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Finds Plenty of Silica As they reviewed data gathered by the Mars Rover, scientists found that some rocks in Gale Crater contained the chemical compound silica.  In fact they say it’s a very high amount of the compound. According to the researchers, silica is actually a combination of silicon and oxygen. […]

The planet Mars in late spring as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope (NASA/JPL/California Institute of Technology)

Study: Lakes On Ancient Mars; Scientists Say They Know Why Elephants Rarely Get Cancer

October 9, 2015

New Caltech Study Finds That Mars Once Had Lakes A couple of weeks ago the science world was all a twitter after NASA announced that its scientists had found evidence of flowing water on Mars. The excitement raised expectations that life may exist on the Red Planet since, as some say, where there’s water, there’s life. […]

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